insensibility
/in'sensə'biliti/
Definition
- Noun:
- The state of being unconscious or unaware: A condition where a person lacks consciousness or responsiveness, often due to injury, illness, or shock.
- Lack of emotional feeling or sensitivity: An absence of normal emotional response, compassion, or concern; a state of being unfeeling or indifferent.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- The blow to his head caused immediate insensibility. (He lost consciousness immediately.)
- Her insensibility to the suffering of others was shocking. (She showed a complete lack of feeling for others' pain.)
Advanced Usage
- "to lapse into insensibility": to gradually become unconscious.
- The patient lapsed into insensibility as the fever rose.
- "moral insensibility": a lack of ethical or moral feeling.
- The dictator's moral insensibility led to great atrocities.
Variants and Related Words
- Insensible (adj): 1. Unconscious. 2. Unaware of or indifferent to.
- He was insensible to the cold. (He did not feel the cold.)
- Insensitiveness (noun): A related quality of being not physically or emotionally sensitive.
Synonyms
- Unconsciousness: The state of being unconscious.
- Apathy: Lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern.
- Indifference: Lack of interest, concern, or sympathy.
Antonyms
- Consciousness: The state of being awake and aware.
- Sensitivity: The quality of being quick to detect or respond to slight changes, signals, or influences; also, susceptibility to the attitudes or feelings of others.
- Compassion: Sympathetic pity and concern for the sufferings or misfortunes of others.
Related Phrases
- In a state of insensibility: Completely unconscious or unresponsive.
- They found him in a state of insensibility on the floor.
Noun
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devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness
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a lack of sensibility
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